During a discussion about the need for a company retirement plan,Sally stated,"Even though we're a small business,we should start a retirement plan for our company.If we don't we could lose our top employees.Our top competitor started a new 401(K)retirement plan for her employees and she's had much less employee turnover." Which reasoning method did Sally use to deliver her message?
A)Deductive reasoning
B)Reasoning by analogy
C)Causal reasoning
D)Ethos reasoning

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Sally used reasoning by analogy to argue that if their competitor implemented a retirement plan and experienced less employee turnover, then her own company could also benefit from implementing a retirement plan. She compared the situation of their company to that of their competitor and drew a conclusion based on their similarities.

During a Discussion About the Need for a Company Retirement